Today's to do~ 15 days left

Wow. 15 days left. Its crazy how quickly this month has gone by. We bought most of the needed supplies last night.

~Glass for Watanuki

~Contacts

~Last two wigs (Watanuki, Abel)

~Gloves

~One necklace strand for the rosaries

I'm hoping everything comes by next week. Most things we got fast shipping and luckily the others are being shipped from the states so they should be here soon. Of course it makes me nervous. The gloves I have to sew/iron on the crosses and the necklaces I have to do a lot of work in order to make the rosaries stay on. But hopefully it turns out well. 

Today I have a lot to do to Caterina's dress. When I tried it on the other day I realized it is...HUGE on me. The extra panels made it huge around the waist. It looks like a nightgown. So I came up with the idea of adding a bow on the back to bunch the extra fabric together so it will be more fitted  My mom thought it might work so I have to start on making a bow. I also have to fix the collar. The top part is too high on my throat and makes me have no neck. So I have to figure out what to do with that. The back of the dress I have another row of velcro to sew in, which I'm glad about because it will close the gap so no one can see my undershirt and bra. 

The dress still needs to be hemmed and once I'm done with everything listed above I can finally start on ironing on the trim! Which is my favorite part. I don't know why, it goes quickly but takes lots of focus. Adding the details, and the massive amount of buttons will really make the dress become Caterina's. I love that finishing moment where I can just stand back and smile at all my hard work. 

It will be done very soon. A few more days at most. It will be done by next week hopefully so I don't have to work on it on my birthday and so I can focus on props and the rosaries. Last night while looking at the ref pics I realized how to do Abel's two belts. I just need one more belt and instead of making a lot of custom parts I'm going to sew the two parts together like some other cosplayers did to their Caterina and Abel cosplays. It'll cut down on a lot of stress for me. 

Over all I'm very pleased with how these are turning out. I want to keep working on making my own cosplays but may not get a new dress for Sharon or make the Mad Hatter outfit for Break until I have a job. I don't want to go through some of the stresses and deal with guilt like this again. I do enjoy sewing and I think it will be a forever hobby.